Tree Identification 
Clues for I.D. – add to or change these as you like.  Most of these are your terms

Balsam Poplar:
	- large sticky buds
	- alternate buds/branches
-	reddish/brown buds
Quaking Aspen
-	alternate branching
-	green tint to bark
-	small/medium buds that look dipped in varnish, not sticky
Paper Birch:
	- whitish bark
	- dark twigs
-	papery flakes
Yellow Birch
-	fine, peeling bark
-	golden color
-	alternate branching
Ash species
-	opposite branching
-	stout twigs
-	terminal bud looks like a hoof
Balsam Fir
-	coniferous
-	flat, friendly needles
-	“firrari” strips on underside
Northern Red Oak:
	- bud clusters
	- brownish red tips
	- scaly bark when older
Sugar Maple:
	- opposite branching
	- brownish twigs
-	narrow, pointy buds
Moose (mountain) Maple
-	opposite branching
-	burgundy red branches
-	grows in clusters
Red Maple:
	- red tipped buds/twigs
-	opposite leaf scars & buds
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Other Trees:
Basswood:
	- 3 scales on buds
	- fibery bark
	- soft wood
-	alternate leaf scars & buds
White Pine:
	- 5 needle bunches
	- longer than 1” needles
	- light grey bark
-	 round needles
Hazelnut:
	- yellowish catkins
	- slightly furry twigs
	- most populus understory
Honeysuckle:
	- opposite leaf scars
	- shrub, not dogwood
	- slender branches
White Spruce:
	- 1/2” needles coming off stem
	- faint white lines on needles
	- needles not flat
	- orange-brown twigs with no 
hair
Red Osier Dogwood:
	- red from tip to toe
	- opposite branching
	- low to ground
	- speckles